Why we’re excited
A priest is murdered in a small North Carolina town, and the obvious suspect is Nicholas Fallen, a retired devil who now mostly grows tomatoes. To clear himself he teams up with Serafina Fuller, a retired angel. More bodies follow, and their quiet retirement is under threat.
T. Kingfisher wrote the Hugo-winning Nettle & Bone and the horror novella What Moves the Dead. A cosy murder mystery with a devil and an angel at the centre fits her dry humour. Readers of mysteries and comic fantasy will both find something to like.
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What to know about A Devil of a Crime
We have reviewed 9 of T. Kingfisher’s books, with an average score of 4.0 out of 5. The one we rated highest is Astarion: Baldur’s Gate 3 (4★).
It sits at No. 13 on our May 2027 most-anticipated list, which ranks the month's books by how many readers have saved them.
From the publisher
From New York Times bestselling author, T. Kingfisher, comes a charming murder mystery about a retired devil & retired angel who must team up to catch a killer stalking their small town ― before all hell breaks loose.
When the murder of a priest rocks a quiet small town in North Carolina, the prime suspect is who else but the local retired agent of hell, Nicholas Fallen.
But Fallen long ago traded his pitchfork for gardening shears and smites only the beetles who try to feast on his carefully cultivated tomato plants.
If the reformed devil is to clear his (relatively) good name, he’ll have to pick up the mantle of detective, and partner with the least likely of allies: retired angel Serafina Fuller.
As more bodies turn up and their dream of a retirement in small-town paradise looks to go up in flames, the two will stop this killer. Come hell or high water.
Description supplied by the publisher.
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